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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 12

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 12!

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:BBC One

Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Spyfall (1)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 12. It scored 6.7/10 based on 6967 votes. Directed by Wayne Che Yip and written by Chris Chibnall, it aired on 1/1/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Spyfall (2)".

  • Spyfall (1)
    6.7/106,967 votes

    #1 - Spyfall (1)

    Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2020

    When intelligence agents around the world come under attack from alien forces, MI6 turns to the only person who can help- a certain Doctor and her companions. As they travel the globe in pursuit of answers, threats arrive from all sides, leaving Earth’s security resting on the team’s shoulders. But where will this planet-threatening conspiracy lead them?

    Director: Wayne Che Yip

    Writer: Chris Chibnall

  • Spyfall (2)
    6.5/106,290 votes

    #2 - Spyfall (2)

    Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2020

    In part two of this epic spy thriller, a terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?

    Director: Wayne Che Yip

    Writer: Chris Chibnall

  • Orphan 55
    4.2/107,078 votes

    #3 - Orphan 55

    Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/2020

    The Doctor and her friends discover that the luxury resort where they are holidaying is hiding a number of deadly secrets. What are the ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa?

    Director: Lee Haven Jones

    Writer: Ed Hime

  • Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
    6.5/105,781 votes

    #4 - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2020

    1903. On the edge of Niagara Falls, something is wrong at Nikola Tesla’s generator plant. Who or what is sabotaging the maverick inventor’s work? Has he really received a message from Mars? And where does his great rival Thomas Edison fit into these events? The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham must join forces with one of history’s great minds to save both him and planet Earth.

    Director: Nida Manzoor

    Writer: Nina Metivier

  • Fugitive of the Judoon
    7.5/106,343 votes

    #5 - Fugitive of the Judoon

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/2020

    Ko Sho Blo! Trigger-happy space police the Judoon are targeting 21st-century Gloucester. The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham race back to Earth in order to prevent them doing too much damage to the cathedral city. But who are they looking for, and what did they do to incur the wrath of the Judoon?

    Director: Nida Manzoor

    Writer: Vinay Patel

  • Praxeus
    5.2/105,322 votes

    #6 - Praxeus

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2020

    The mysterious “Praxeus” will cause the quartet to split up (never a good idea) to investigate mysteries all over Earth. And what they find will threaten all human life (again).

    Director: Jamie Magnus Stone

    Writer: Pete McTighe

  • Can You Hear Me?
    5.7/104,864 votes

    #7 - Can You Hear Me?

    Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 2/9/2020

    As Graham, Yaz and Ryan return home to see friends and family, they find themselves haunted by very different experiences. Who is the figure calling from beyond the stars for help, and why? And what are the fearsome Chagaskas terrorising Aleppo in 1380? To find the answers, Team TARDIS must embark on a mission which forces them to face their darkest fears.

    Director: Emma Sullivan

    Writer: Chris Chibnall, Charlene James

  • The Haunting of Villa Diodati
    7.1/105,187 votes

    #8 - The Haunting of Villa Diodati

    Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 2/16/2020

    Lake Geneva, 1816. Lord Byron and the Shelleys prepare for a night telling ghost stories, but their villa proves to have ghostly presences all its own.

    Director: Emma Sullivan

    Writer: Maxine Alderton

  • Ascension of the Cybermen (1)
    6.5/104,792 votes

    #9 - Ascension of the Cybermen (1)

    Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2020

    In the far future, the Doctor and her friends face a brutal battle across the farthest reaches of space to protect the last of the human race against the deadly Cybermen.

    Director: Jamie Magnus Stone

    Writer: Chris Chibnall

  • The Timeless Children (2)
    5.1/106,668 votes

    #10 - The Timeless Children (2)

    Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 3/1/2020

    The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, and for the Doctor nothing will ever be the same.

    Director: Jamie Magnus Stone

    Writer: Chris Chibnall